Willamette Week and Project Pabst cut ties last year and the Portland music festival had not decided on a format or booking given the quick turnaround, music editor Matthew Singer reported. It'll be the first time in 18 years MusicFest NW will not happen in Portland.

This is the second Portland-area summer music festival to announce a hiatus and cite retooling as a reason for the skip.

The partnership between MusicFest and Pabst lasted two summers. The previous iteration of the joint festival featured Duran Duran, Ice Cube, Tame Impala and Ween as headliners with support from acts like A$AP FERG -- who's coming to the Roseland Theater March 22 -- and Lizzo, who will open for HAIM at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on April 3.